Anonymous gambling should be allowed in NSW until 2028, leaked report from government panel says

The recommendations come two years after a NSW Crime Commission report warned billions of dollars in ‘dirty’ money was being gambled. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian

Anonymous gambling on poker machines in New South Wales should be allowed until 2028 and operating hours should not be further restricted, senior members of the government’s independent panel for gaming reform say.

A leaked report by the panel’s three-person executive committee, which outlines a “draft roadmap for gaming reform”, has also warned that a buyback scheme for pokies “would be costly and not likely impact gaming machine numbers in a significant way”.